Senior Python Developer Job Trends

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 602 753
Rank change year-on-year +3 +151 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 82 57 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.14% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 52 37 70
10th Percentile £60,000 - £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £113,750
90th Percentile £92,250 £94,000 £138,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 66,178 40,037 79,004
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 90.84% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 42,020 23,148 60,868
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -5.66%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +13 76 £80,000 +6.67% 44
London +27 49 £85,000 +21.43% 9
UK excluding London +1 26 £70,000 -9.68% 36
Work from Home +29 21 £80,000 +3.23% 26
Midlands -4 10 £70,000 +7.69% 3
North of England - 10 £72,500 - 8
Yorkshire - 9 £70,000 - 4
East Midlands -20 6 £70,000 +7.69% 2
West Midlands - 4 £75,000 - 1
Scotland - 3 £90,000 - 1
South East -26 2 £85,000 +9.68% 14
East of England 0 1 - - 8
North West - 1 £90,000 - 4

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 82 (100.00%) Python
2 28 (34.15%) Test Automation
3 27 (32.93%) AI
4 26 (31.71%) AWS
5 25 (30.49%) OOP
6 19 (23.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 19 (23.17%) C++
6 19 (23.17%) Linux
6 19 (23.17%) Low Latency
6 19 (23.17%) OO
6 19 (23.17%) Order Management
7 18 (21.95%) Flask
8 17 (20.73%) Full-Stack Development
9 16 (19.51%) React
10 15 (18.29%) Azure
11 13 (15.85%) Django
11 13 (15.85%) Software Engineering
12 12 (14.63%) Agile
12 12 (14.63%) CI/CD
12 12 (14.63%) GitHub
12 12 (14.63%) JavaScript
13 11 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (13.41%) Serverless
14 10 (12.20%) Docker
14 10 (12.20%) Microsoft
14 10 (12.20%) SQL
15 9 (10.98%) Containerisation
15 9 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
15 9 (10.98%) HTML
15 9 (10.98%) Mentoring

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 26 (31.71%) AWS
2 15 (18.29%) Azure
3 12 (14.63%) GitHub
4 11 (13.41%) Serverless
5 8 (9.76%) Azure AI
5 8 (9.76%) SaaS
6 4 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (2.44%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.44%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (2.44%) Azure AKS
7 2 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) Internet
2 1 (1.22%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.22%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) GitLab
1 2 (2.44%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (28.05%) Finance
2 19 (23.17%) Front Office
3 4 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.66%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.66%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.44%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.22%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (23.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 18 (21.95%) Flask
3 16 (19.51%) React
4 13 (15.85%) Django
5 9 (10.98%) HTML
6 8 (9.76%) FastAPI
7 7 (8.54%) CSS
8 5 (6.10%) REST
9 4 (4.88%) AngularJS
9 4 (4.88%) OAuth
9 4 (4.88%) OAuth2
9 4 (4.88%) OpenID
9 4 (4.88%) Vue
10 3 (3.66%) Node.js
11 1 (1.22%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 23 (28.05%) Data Structures
2 20 (24.39%) Algorithms
3 19 (23.17%) Equities
3 19 (23.17%) Hedge funds
3 19 (23.17%) Management Information System
4 12 (14.63%) Cloud Native
5 11 (13.41%) Educational Technology
6 8 (9.76%) PropTech
7 4 (4.88%) PKI
8 2 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.44%) NHS
9 1 (1.22%) Low-Code
9 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.22%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (23.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (34.15%) Test Automation
2 27 (32.93%) AI
3 25 (30.49%) OOP
4 19 (23.17%) Low Latency
4 19 (23.17%) OO
4 19 (23.17%) Order Management
5 17 (20.73%) Full-Stack Development
6 13 (15.85%) Software Engineering
7 12 (14.63%) Agile
7 12 (14.63%) CI/CD
8 11 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (10.98%) Containerisation
9 9 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (10.98%) Mentoring
10 8 (9.76%) Intelligent Automation
10 8 (9.76%) Product Vision
10 8 (9.76%) Resource Allocation
10 8 (9.76%) SDLC
11 7 (8.54%) Design Patterns
12 6 (7.32%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 82 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (23.17%) C++
3 12 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 10 (12.20%) SQL
5 1 (1.22%) C#
5 1 (1.22%) Go
Qualifications
1 1 (1.22%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 10 (12.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (8.54%) Terraform
2 3 (3.66%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.44%) Foundry
3 1 (1.22%) Databricks